Helplines in Upper Austria, Austria.

Get help for eating disorder and body image problems from a helpline in Upper Austria, Austria.

If you can't stop criticizing your body or if you're using extreme measures to try to control the way your body looks, you may be facing a painful challenge. Eating disorders often start this way. If you experience any of these symptoms, consider getting support from one of 1 hotlines in Upper Austria, Austria.

• Eating large portions of food and being unable to control yourself or extreme food restriction.
• Excessive thinking about food, eating, and body weight or shape.
• Trying to control your body weight/shape by vomiting, laxative abuse, or excessive exercise.
• Feeling uncomfortable eating in front of others.
• Lying to others about whether you have eaten so you can skip meals.
• Monitoring calories consumed very cautiously and paying close attention to food nutrition labels.
• Sudden weight loss or weight gain.
• Weighing yourself often, sometimes every day or even multiple times a day.

You may feel like you have to hide your eating and body image issues. You may feel ashamed or guilty for having bad thoughts about your body and for using harmful behaviors to control your weight. The prospect of telling someone about what you're experiencing can be scary.

Taking the first step to talk to someone about what you're going through is hard but the sooner you get help, the sooner you may start to feel better. When you contact a helpline in Upper Austria, Austria, a trained helpline counselor will listen to your concerns and offer you the support you need.

Consider contacting a hotline in Upper Austria, Austria right away for free, private help with eating and body image.